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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:19:46 +0200
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB problem: /dev/ugen* dynamically auto-reconfigures to root:operator 644, so non-root user unable to access USB devices even if wanted 
Message-ID:  <8775.1066645186@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:05:47 %2B0200." <20031020100547.GA1615@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> 

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In message <20031020100547.GA1615@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org>, Andreas Klemm wri
tes:
>Hi,
>
>have severe problems accessing usb devices as non-root user.
>In this case a Canon Powershot G5 camera.
>
>I want to download pics from my digicam using digikam application
>as user "andreas".

Use the devfs(8) command to request changes the owner or modes to
suit your needs.  This works a bit like "firewall rules" and when
the device is created the modes/owner is set.

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.



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